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GitHub announces SHIFT as the Game Off 2026 theme
GitHub's month-long game jam returns for its 14th year this November. The theme is SHIFT, and participants may interpret it freely.
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Microsoft says AI built a Windows 11 feature
According to the headline, Microsoft says AI built a Windows 11 feature. It only needed a human working in spare time.
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JetBrains ships bug-fix releases for several MPS versions
The updates for several MPS versions fix a critical security issue. Users of 2025.1.5 or 2025.2.5 must also disable JCEF in the MPS Registry.
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IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.4 has been released
The update fixes files in WSL projects wrongly showing as deleted. It also improves the Java onboarding tour and import optimization.
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New tool cuts AI coding assistant costs
Microsoft and UC Berkeley released TokenEconomizer, which cuts the cost of using AI coding assistants by up to 31%. The free tool works with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, GitHub Copilot CLI and Pi, and is publicly available.
Full story at ProPakistani ↗ - Artificial intelligence · Open source · Programming & dev tools
Perplexity open-sources its SPACE sandbox
Perplexity AI has open-sourced SPACE, the sandbox platform behind its Computer product. The move aims to help developers build safer autonomous AI agents.
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KDE developer unveils GPU-accelerated terminal Kwi
A KDE developer has revealed Kwi, a new GPU-accelerated terminal emulator built on Ghostty's library. The announcement highlights that KDE's current default terminal, Konsole, is nearly three decades old.
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JetBrains integrates remote development into IDEs
JetBrains' 2026.3 release brings remote development sessions directly into the IDE, including native OpenSSH connections. Developers no longer need to open Gateway or the Toolbox App separately to start working remotely.
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JetBrains releases IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.4
IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2.4 is now available with several bug fixes, including issues in WSL projects and the Java onboarding tour. Import optimization no longer affects IDE responsiveness during formatting and saving.
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